DocumentCode
1198660
Title
Air-clad fibre laser with internal Bragg grating
Author
Canning, J. ; Jackson, S.D. ; Slund, M. Å ; Groothoff, N. ; Ashton, B. ; Lyytikainen, K.
Author_Institution
Opt. Fibre Technol. Centre, Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Volume
41
Issue
20
fYear
2005
Firstpage
1103
Lastpage
1104
Abstract
An air-clad fibre laser using a Bragg grating written directly into the Yb3+ doped core as the end reflector is presented. For an unsaturated output power of 12 W and slope efficiency of 34%, there is a saturated laser wavelength shift of approximately 0.4 nm.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; optical fibre cladding; ytterbium; 12 W; Bragg grating; Yb; Yb3+ doped core; air-clad fibre laser; end reflector; laser wavelength shift;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20052851
Filename
1522150
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